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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 85-86 |
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Scrub typhus with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a 3-month-old child from a tertiary care hospital of Odisha
Sanjay Kumar Sahu1, Jyoti Ranjan Behera1, Sushrith Kumar Yadav2
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
2 Junior Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Correspondence Address:
Jyoti Ranjan Behera
Department of Pediatrics, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar - 751 024, Odisha
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_565_20
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Scrub typhus is one of the re-emerging infectious diseases in India, whereas hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) results from an uncontrolled and ineffective hyperinflammatory response to a variety of triggers. HLH is categorized into primary and secondary type with infection being one of the leading causes of secondary HLH. Here, we report a case of 3-month-old girl diagnosed with scrub typhus associated with secondary HLH as both the age of presentation and the association are rarely reported in literature.
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